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Gawain and the Four Daughters of God: The Testimony of Mathematics in Cotton Nero A.x

Gawain and the Four Daughters of God: The Testimony of Mathematics in Cotton Nero A.x

by Hamilton, Anne
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A mathematical 'aventure', exploring an interlocked, layered design within the four poems of Cotton Nero A.x. Key structural elements are identified as mathematical metaphors for theological concepts; e.g. 490 as 'seventy times seven' alludes to forgiveness or 101 as a 'Pythagorean Comma' alludes to the Music of the Spheres. The author concludes from an analysis of the numerical literary technique and comparison with other medieval poetic mathematics that the four poems - Pearl, Patience, Purity & Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - are meant to form a rhetorical debate with each of the 'Four Daughters of God' taking a turn to make her best case.

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BrandAmour Books
Pub dateNov 11, 2013
ISBN-100980362067
ISBN-139780980362060
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions9 × 0.94 × 6 in
Weight2 lb
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